03875nam 2200829Ia 450 991066643140332120200520144314.097804292325720429232578978113458292111345829279781280037474128003747497811345829381134582935978058545310105854531019780203466650020346665910.4324/9780203466650 (CKB)1000000000247718(EBL)178473(OCoLC)277861939(SSID)ssj0000079433(PQKBManifestationID)11107365(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000079433(PQKBWorkID)10076114(PQKB)11395616(MiAaPQ)EBC178473(Au-PeEL)EBL178473(CaPaEBR)ebr10054107(CaONFJC)MIL3747(OCoLC)84373367(OCoLC)42863211(FINmELB)ELB153108(FR-PaCSA)41000749(FRCYB41000749)41000749(EXLCZ)99100000000024771819991112d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAn entrepreneurial theory of the firm /Frederic E. Sautet ; with a foreword by Israel M. Kirzner1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20001 online resource (202 p.)Foundations of the market economyDescription based upon print version of record.9780415771085 0415771080 9780415229777 0415229774 Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-176) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Foreword; Acknowledgments; GENERAL INTRODUCTION; THE ECONOMICS OF THE FIRM, THE MARKET THEORY PROBLEM AND TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS; The four rationales of the firm; The Market Theory Problem; The MTP and transaction cost economics; A brief assessment of two relevant alternatives to the transaction cost view; Are the above approaches sufficient?; Conclusion: the MTP and beyond; THE LACHMANNIAN PROBLEM, THE PROMOTER AND THE EMERGENCE OF THE FIRM; On the importance of the prime mover: the entrepreneur; A view of the Lachmannian problemThe limits of the transaction costs perspectiveA theory of the emergence of the firm: the exploitability thesis; Towards a solution to the Lachmannian problem; The distinctive nature of the firm; Conclusion; CAPABILITIES, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, CENTRAL PLANNING AND THE GROWTH OF THE FIRM; An Austrian view of capabilities theory; Knowledge problems, incentives, capabilities and the complex firm; The multidivisional corporation as the archetype of the complex firm; Concluding remarks; GENERAL CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis original, provocative work makes a thorough and comprehensive enquiry into the relationship that exists between firms and markets, with separate, in-depth examinations of both the existence and inner organisation of the firm. Sautet develops an accomplished and convincing theory that encompasses a wealth of existing literature and leads it in an entirely new direction.Foundations of the market economy series.Industrial organization (Economic theory)Transaction costsIndustrial organization (Economic theory)Transaction costs.338.5Sautet Frédéric E1654502MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910666431403321An entrepreneurial theory of the firm4202417UNINA